Man Arrested For Drugs During Search Of Justin Bieber’s California Home

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CALABASAS, Calif. (CBSDC/AP) — One person was arrested Tuesday after Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies served a search warrant at the Calabasas home of teenage pop star Justin Bieber, CBSLA.com reports.

Detectives began searching Bieber’s gated community home around 8 a.m., and were looking for surveillance footage that might serve as evidence that the singer was involved in an egg-tossing vandalism case that caused thousands of dollars in damage to a neighbor’s house, an official said Tuesday.

Roughly a dozen investigators searched the home and arrested one member of the singer’s entourage on suspicion of cocaine possession, Lt. David Thompson said.

The man’s name was not immediately released, but Thompson said the cocaine was in plain view in Bieber’s house when deputies arrived.

Bieber, 19, was at the home and cooperated with authorities but was not interviewed by detectives. Thompson said he expected the singer to speak with detectives when his attorney could be present.

“He has not been arrested, nor has he been exonerated,” Thompson said of Bieber.

Thompson declined to describe what evidence detectives took from Bieber’s home, but said the emphasis wasn’t on what was in the pop star’s refrigerator.

He said the house Bieber allegedly egged had custom wood and other expensive features and that several thousands of dollars in damage occurred. Thompson added that a judge authorized the search warrant.

“I get that the eggs don’t seem that significant, but it does rise to the level of a felony,” Thompson said. “There is a victim in this case who has extensive damage done to their home. And that’s a serious incident.”

The singer lives in a gated community in Calabasas, a celebrity enclave about 30 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles. Four helicopters hovered over the neighborhood hours after the warrant was served.

An email message sent to Bieber’s publicist Melissa Victor was not immediately returned.

Previous investigations into Bieber’s conduct by the sheriff’s department against the “Boyfriend” singer have not resulted in charges.

In October, prosecutors declined to charge Bieber after a neighbor complained he drove recklessly through the area. Prosecutors in November 2012 also declined to charge the singer after a paparazzo accused him of punching and hitting him after leaving a Calabasas movie theater.

Neighbors have complained about Bieber and his friends’ behavior, but Thompson said the warrant wasn’t served to send a message to the singer, but that might be one result of the search.

“We didn’t do this search warrant to send a message, that’s not what we do,” Thompson said. “But we hope maybe understanding the gravity of this will change some of the behavior.”

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